The fediverse is small, and thats both a blessing and a curse - one of its several blessings is that in a smaller space we all individually have a bigger impact on what the culture of this space is like.

On this comm (and on lemmy broadly) there's a lot of discussion about how to grow the fediverse, what to improve, but an easy thing you can do for the fediverse is right in front of us-

Be kind
Ask people what they think, and why
Approach folks you disagree with with curiosity rather than hostility (EDIT: no, this is not specifically referring to Nazis. I get it, they're the first thing that comes to mind. I'm not telling you to approve of Nazis I'm just saying be kind to your fellow lemmites)
Engage sincerely
Ask yourself if there's something nice you can say
Make this small space worth being in

A platform lives or dies by what's available on said platform and often we have this conversation in the context of "content" or posts - and we may never have as much content as reddit does. But content and posts aren't the only thing this kind of platform offers- it also offers people. It offers community, and human interaction.

Culture and community is lemmy and the fediverse's biggest differentiator, and we all have a role to play in shaping the culture of this space.

The biggest thing you can do to help the fediverse is make it a place worth being.

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[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

i hope the quality stays up and i guess that we're non-commercial might help with this; as we're not pushing people to use this platform; the people here are people who actually want to use this platform and i guess that in itself could do a good thing.

[–] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I wish too. Unfortunately, the redditors are coming here, and i've noticed a pretty big spike in racism/transphobia :D I've been trying to keep them on a leash, reporting them to other admins directly and banning them from dbzer0, but the attitude itself being there disappoints me heavily :/

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This unfortunately happens each time Reddit steps on a rake. They tend to come in waves.

[–] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Oddly enough i haven't seen any from .ml, so good job keeping the fucks off lemmy. Can't saw the same for LW and SJW sadly, though i always ping the admins each time i see em.

If only we can keep them contained to hilariouschaos or their own instance, at least. If you're going to be racist, at least do it there and spare us from the BS.

redditors were the reason i left reddit, too many racism against arabs so i decided lemmy would be a better place. It still has a couple of the traits left over, but it's miles better than that shithole. So i'm really disappointed seeing them here :/ though it's funny seeing them get dunked on lol

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 days ago

Socialist software developers created their own place, Lemmy, because corporate social media told them they did not fit in there.